Monday, May 19, 2014

Soccer-Fiery Portugal striker Quaresma misses out again

(Adds detail, background) May 19 (Reuters) - Fiery striker Ricardo Quaresma missed out again as Portugal named their final 23-man squad for the World Cup on Monday. Thirty-year-old Quaresma, who was overlooked in both 2006 and 2010, had made the provisional list of 30 announced last week but was among the unlucky seven to be axed by coach Paulo Bento. Quaresma, in his second stint at Porto, has also played for Barcelona, Inter Milan, Besiktas and United Arab Emirates side Al Ahli in his controversial career and had a brief spell on loan at Chelsea. Besiktas terminated Quaresma's three-year contract six months early after a troubled stay at the Turkish club in which he clashed with then manager Carlos Carvalhal.



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